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In Valentino Rockstud flats/Photo: Katie Lee

In Valentino Rockstud flats/Photo: Katie Lee

Why I've ditched heels for flats forever

January 25, 2017

It's been revealed this week that there are still loads of sexist employers who force their female employees to wear heels (and make-up, and dye their hair, etc) in the office. I'm all for women wearing heels if that's their choice, but personally, I can't stand the things on my own feet.

Luckily, MPs are outlawing such outrageous heel-forcing behaviour, but this still seemed like a good time to make a stand (!) in flat shoes, and explain why I, a person, have chosen never to wear heels ever ever again, like, ever. And ESPECIALLY not because some bloke tells me to because it'll make him more money.

Here I talk you through the reasons why I've said hasta la vista to heels, as well as listing my five favourite-ever pairs of flats... 

Once upon a time, before the kids ruined, ahem, enhanced my life, I worked for more! magazine (RIP Position of the Week), and one night we threw a big party. As it was such a glamorous occasion (you couldn’t move for the cast of Hollyoaks, Big Brother housemates, or people called Michelle), I decided to wear my brand new hot pink Miu Miu high heels.

Me and my Miu Mius at more! magazine's party, 5 mins before I took them off

Me and my Miu Mius at more! magazine's party, 5 mins before I took them off

These fabulous shoes were works of art, with their fuchsia curves and gold ankle straps. However, like most works of art, they weren’t very comfortable to walk in. Scrap that; they completely KILLED my feet.

And so, as with nearly every event I’ve ever attended wearing heels, after about 15 minutes of posing and 15 minutes of whinging about my sore feet, I changed into the flats I’d brought. I stowed the Miu Mius under a table and carried on partying.

A few hours and wines later it was time to leave. I went to collect my pink heels. But when I looked under the table they had gone.

I searched the club and asked everyone if they had seen my shoes, but it quickly became apparent they’d been stolen. I was gutted.

But after a few days of sorrow I realised that although the shoes had indeed been the most delicious shade of pink, with the sexiest of curves and the goldest of straps, the very fact that they’d been under the table (or in the robber’s bag) for most of the party was proof that THEY WERE NOT GOOD SHOES.

And the same has gone for all heels I’ve ever worn, no matter how colourful or pretty or cool. If I can hardly stand - let alone walk - in them, they’re not fit for purpose. And yet, over the years I persisted, buying heels of varying heights, none of which I felt remotely comfortable in. I limped over cobbles in Prada kitten heels, wobbled around weddings on vertiginous Louboutins, and stashed my Marc Jacobs in dark corners of clubs, relishing the moment when I could slip on my flats and start dancing.

Then, a year or so ago, Stylist magazine unleashed a video with male staff unhappily wearing heels, highlighting how ridiculous it was to force women to wear them in the work place. The men in the video looked so encumbered, so uncomfortable, so EXACTLY how I’ve always felt in heels, that I decided then and there that from that day forth I would exercise my right not to wear such a back-flip-unfriendly shoe EVER AGAIN. If it’s uncomfortable and ridiculous for a man to wear heels, how unsurprising that I felt the same, being similarly human and in possession of a similar pair of feet.

My decision to ditch the heels was made way easier because I’ve been lucky enough to wear so many amazing flat shoes in my life, so I knew that no more heels certainly didn’t = no more amazingness. Here’s a rundown of the 5 pairs of flats that have meant the most to me in my life so far…

Pair no. 1: The Blue Suede Tuckerboots (aged 7)

In 1985, the dentist declared that one of my teeth must be pulled out. I was distraught, and hid in the bathroom, refusing to let such a barbaric thing take place. My mum was with me.

“If you let the dentist pull your tooth out, I’ll buy you anything you like,” she said. I wiped my eyes and scrutinized her face; she was serious.

“A-anything at all?” I sniffed. I knew instantly what I wanted, but in my mind, there was ‘anything at all’, and there was my heart’s desire.

“Yes. Anything,” said my mum, who I now know to be the smartest woman in the world.

“Even…” I hesitated; this couldn’t be happening, “…even those…blue suede tuckerboots?”

“Yes,” said my mother soberly, with an admirable lack of knowing smirk on her face. “Even those.”

And so of course my tooth was pulled out and the long-coveted fashionable boots were mine. I loved them, even though they stained my socks blue every time it rained.

Pair no. 2: The Doc Martins (aged 14)

I was deeply uncool at school. Part of my problem was that, aged 12, I played Fanny in the school’s production of Smike the Musical. And another part of my problem was that the school didn’t have uniform. At this point I’d like to beg all parents not to inflict such schooling upon their daughters; it was less of an education and more of a daily catwalk among the blackboards. Because when it came to clothes, I didn’t have enough money, knowledge, time (too much geekery and gymmastics) or indeed interest, to compete with the outfits paraded by my school’s Mean Girls (the power of a teenage girl bully should never be underestimated). And so, obviously, they were mean to me.

Until I discovered eight-hole Doc Martins with purple laces, and, with them, a group of grungey friends who gave less of a fuck about bras, boys and bitchiness and more of a fuck about books, bike rides and being my BFFs.

Pair no. 3: The Parkour Trainers (aged 27)

Me and my parkour flats

Me and my parkour flats

When the Pink House Husband was just the Rented Flat Boyfriend, he decided to bugger off to Africa for five months to ‘change the world’. To keep myself out of trouble, I knew I had to get stuck into something in his absence.

I’d seen two documentaries on Channel 4 called Jump London and Jump Britain about a thing called ‘parkour’, where blokes jumped and somersaulted around buildings for fun. As a former gymnast, I watched and thought. “I can do that!” And so the next Sunday I went down to the Southbank where the boys trained.

Soon, I was hooked – me and my teenage ‘krew’ trained every weekend – and, due to my being one of the few girls (and definitely the only woman in her late twenties), I had soon picked up a sponsor (Saatchi’s ad agency), and the paid stunt work started coming in. As did a boxfresh pair of Adidas trainers, specifically designed for parkour. They were super-comfy and well cushioned, which took the sting out of the concrete landings. And, for my year of being a professional ‘traceur’, they made me look – and feel – the part in London’s concrete jungle.

Pair no. 4: The Green Chloe Boots (aged 30)

My fave green Chloe boots: made for walking

My fave green Chloe boots: made for walking

The love I had – and still have – for these emerald green studded boots can’t be overstated. This style of boot – now known as the Chloe Susannah, but then simply called Susan – is still going strong, with Office having brought out the most recent (and best) high street copy. However, while Chloe has reissued the boots since their 2008 debut, my green version only came out that first time. I have never seen anyone, either online or in real life, wearing the green Chloe Susans – literally the only picture of them (apart from the ones taken of my own boots) is this one, from the original Chloe campaign.

The original 2008 green Chloe Susan boots

The original 2008 green Chloe Susan boots

I bought my boots in the sale from the Start boutique in Shoreditch, which is sadly no more. Although they were reduced from around £700 to around £400 (the Chloe Susannahs now sell for more than £800), it was still by far the most I’d ever paid for a pair of shoes or boots. But these aren’t any ordinary boots – I still can’t wear them out without at least one person stopping me to compliment them. When they were new, and Kate Bosworth and Sienna Miller were skipping round the streets of LA in the red version, it wasn’t unusual for up to 10 people a day to ask me where I got them. These are magic boots – I can wear them with any outfit for instant wow factor. Who needs high heels, huh?!

Pair no. 5: The Zadig & Voltaire Sparklers (aged 38)

My Zadig & Voltaires

My Zadig & Voltaires

Now things are hotting up at The Pink House (amazing what winning an award will do for your diary), I recently decided to update my wardrobe. I needed clothes suitable for speaking on design panels, attending press events and networking lunches and meeting with clients. Trying to be practical, I went to Whistles and picked up a couple of well-fitting if unexciting LBDs. A pair of Zara trousers and John Lewis tights later and I had reached my final shopping destination: Zadig & Voltaire, my favourite shop.

Luckily, the cream silk-and-lace blouse I’d been lusting after for weeks was still there. As I headed to the changing room something shiny stopped me in my tracks: a fabulous pair of studded blue suede (yup; my life’s come full circle) flat ankle boots with gold snakeskin toes that took my breath away. I tried them on and they fitted perfectly. I walked up and down the shop: comfy too. But there was one huge problem: I had already spent my monthly clothes budget (and a bit more, but don’t tell Pink House Husband), so there was no way a £*cough* pair of boots, however beautiful, could be purchased.

Or could they? I had an idea.

I bought the boots and shirt on the spot, then walked back up the road to Whistles, where I promptly returned the practical-but-boring black dresses. “You’d get so much more use out of these dresses,” sniffed the unimpressed shop assistant, with a disdainful glance at the boots I was showing him.

I disagreed: practicality isn’t the only thing that matters; heart-stopping fuck-off fabulousness is just as important. And I don’t need high heels to have that in my life.

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"Hello! I’m Emily Murray, founder and editor of The Pink House. I’m a lifestyle journalist who has written and edited for loads of different publications, including Stylist, The Guardian, Grazia, Cosmopolitan, Conde Nast Traveller, Brides, and Mother & Baby. Here I am in the bricks-and-mortar Pink House in South East London, where I live with the Pink House Husband (PHH) and our two small, semi-feral boys. Our fabulous Christopher Farr sofa is covered in marker pen and chocolate, and the Eames rocker has a few suspicious stains. Come in and make yourself at home. No need to take your shoes off." 

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Bringing your first book home to show your parents is a bit like introducing them to your new boyfriend:
😅Will they like it/him? 😅Are they just being polite? 😅Does it/he look comfortable in its/his new surroundings? 😅Will it/he stand up to scrutiny?
😅What are the chances of them flicking through it/him when you’re not looking...😳
Luckily, the first meeting of Pink House Living (the book) with the Pink House Grandparents has been a success so far. Not only did the book make itself at home on the pinkest thing in the house (this chaise in the garden room), but my dad was heard to make a number of enthusiastic-sounding noises before opining: “This one’s a keeper*” 💖
*He didn’t exactly say this, but I thought it would be a fitting conclusion to the book/boyfriend analogy. 
OVER ON STORIES: A mini tour of my rug-mad mother’s super-stylish Edinburgh home, plus her verdict on her aesthetic vs mine 😒. #meettheparents #sorryabouttheswearing #lookatthespineonthat #sexybook
A few days ago the Pink House Husband and I agreed we’d postpone Valentine’s Day until next Thursday 💝🚫. As well as the fact that this tedious lurgy should have buggered off by then, it makes lots of sense from a restaurant-finding, bouquet-pricing, babysitter-booking perspective to make February 21st our own personal V-Day. I’m thinking I might apply the same principle to Christmas - just add a couple of weeks and your present budget will stretch a LOT further 🎁💯. Anyhow, this week is exciting enough without a posh dinner and some pink (never red) roses...because this week my kitchen was included in interior gurus @apartmenttherapy ‘s feature entitled These Are Our Favorite Kitchens Ever 😊. I’ve added the link in my bio if you want to check it out. This kitchen here, which belongs to @kipandco founder Alex McCabe, was also featured. Actually, sod PHH; I think Alex’s kitchen can be my Valentine - pink, gold and gorgeous: what more could you want from a life partner?🥰.
📷: @nikoleramsay #cheatingonPHHwithfurniture
Gutted. Tonight I was supposed to be heading to a glorious Galentine’s evening at the gorgeous @whitecityhouse with top gal pal @katefaithfullwilliams to listen to @bowelbabe talk about dildos with @cherryhealey as part of a @thehotbedcollective live podcast recording 🍆. Perfect night, right? Except I’ve got girl flu which means that instead I’ve got a date with my sofa and some Vicks Vaporub 😳. To cheer me up, Emma from my fave florist @hayfordandrhodesflowers showed up with this stunner of a love-wreath for my front door (#gift). It’s for all of you, too - my little Galentine’s gift to anyone in need of a bit of love 💗. Swipe for wreath close-up 😍. Right: better get into the Lemsip before my chat runs out...🤒
It’s like @houseofhackney read my mind sometimes 👩🏻‍🎤💭. There I am, trying to find a cool, jungle-with-a-twist wallpaper for my 9yo son’s bedroom when WHAM! the kings of maximalism serve up these rolls of dino-design deliciousness 🦕🦖 - swipe for the Ecru colourway. Obviously I prefer the pink but I don’t think the progeny is going to go for it 🙄. Hell, I might just paper the walls of the kitchen with it instead! PHH is going to be absolutely THRILLED! 😃💖😃
#pinkisforpeople
[AD] What an INCREDIBLE holiday. The main aim of this, our first ever family skiing trip, was to introduce the kids to a sport me and PHH both love with a passion, and show them how much fun it could be. Mission accomplished ⛷ 😍. And that’s thanks to: excellent ski instructors (St Gervais ski school 🙌🏻); wonderful weather (loads of snow, blue skies nearly every day); and, of course, @chalet_mirabelle, which has taken what is a potentially fraught situation (first time away skiing with two young kids) and turned it into a truly magical experience for every single one of us. Yes, this is an AD, but don’t for one second think I wouldn’t have written exactly the same thing had we been paying full price. And yes, I fully intend to book the chalet for next year, no AD required. 
p.s. That is a cup of tea I’m holding #rocknroll 
OVER ON STORIES: PHH jumping out of the hot tub into piles of snow. There are other Stories but they pale in comparison. 💖
#familyskitrip #stgervais #montblanc #hottub #thepinkhouse
[AD - #guest] This seriously stylish ski lodge comes with a serious story...As a result of @chalet_mirabelle owner/designer Jacqueline’s cancer diagnosis at the start of the chalet’s build (she has thankfully now been given the all clear), wellness played a huge part in its design. From the products - which are all sustainable, recyclable and eco-friendly - to the catering, with its emphasis on local, organic and seasonal ingredients, Chalet Mirabelle is full of thoughtful touches, with the well-being of its inhabitants and the planet in mind. But that’s not where the story ends...
Having survived the c-bomb (and the chalet build) Jacqueline pledged to give back, especially to cancer and family trauma support areas. And so she has committed to giving 2 weeks’ free stay per year at Chalet Mirabelle to charitable causes, starting with the chalet as an auction lot for @maggiescentres ‘Secret Garden Party’ this March. 
It’s been an honour to stay at @chalet_mirabelle - not only because it has provided the venue for our family’s best EVER holiday ⛷🕺🏼🌭🥂 (and we still have 2 whole days left!), but also because of what it gives back to the world, in so many senses. 
Photo: @susielowephoto 💖 SEE STORIES FOR: The 9yo’s reaction to apres ski | What kids can learn after 3 ski lessons | Ski style in the 1980s 💖
It’s been a brilliant, beautiful bluebird day up here in the French Alps above St Gervais 💙. But there’s no doubt that skiing - and especially skiing with kids - involves rather a large amount of faff. Is it worth it? YOU BETCHA! Especially if you’re staying at @chalet_mirabelle [AD - #guest], where they have genuinely thought of everything when it comes to ensuring all members of the family have the best possible skiing holiday. So for anyone who’s considering hitting the piste avec progeny, once I’m back from this snowy paradise I’ll be writing a blog post sharing my dos and don’ts of a successful family skiing holiday. Speaking of which, I’m just off for a sauna before I finish the champagne I started in the hot tub earlier 🥂. The kids? Oh they’re playing with the mountains of Lego and watching Netflix in the gorgeous playroom (pic to follow soon). Haven’t seen them for hours 🙌🏻. OVER ON STORIES: Me making an apres ski tit of myself as per 🕺🏼 | Lunch with a view | The 6yo ready to ski | Sauna @chalet_mirabelle
❄️ #skiingwithkids #bluebird #stgervais #ihavethisthingwithpink #ontopoftheworld #thepinkhouse #pinkhouseliving
Life’s pretty full on right now and I have a sneaking suspicion I may have taken on too much (ground floor renovation and wall knock-through; bathroom extension building; kids bedrooms renovation; blog relaunch; book launch; kids to keep alive; Pink House Husband to entertain...etc). But I refuse to be beaten. And I refuse to be one of those constantly busy people who are always rushing around saying how busy they are (I have been guilty of this on a number of occasions). Because, as The Beatles remind us, life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans. So to ensure I enjoy the life I’m living right now, as well as the life I’m planning for, I’m currently doing the following things:
* Listening to my favourite musical soundtracks (today was West Side Story and Crazy For You)
* Dancing to said musical soundtracks in the kitchen and imagining I’m on a West End stage until someone shouts they can smell burnt fish fingers
* Buying and appreciating lots of pink tulips (see Stories for the most amazing pink-and-yellow beauties)
* Gazed at these glazed breakfast bar tiles (@bertandmay Siham tiles) which are just the perfect shade of pink and one of my favourite parts of The Pink House
* Lapping up (not literally 😳) the hilarious memes involving #fyrefestival ‘s ‘take one for the team’ boss Andy King (see Stories) 🍆
What about you? What’s giving you life this week? 
#cheatingonfashionwithfurniture #pinkhouseliving
This where I’ll be having breakfast on Sunday morning 🥐. And for the next 6 mornings after that 🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐🥐. Except the view from the beautiful @chalet_mirabelle doesn’t look like this right now. Because the mountains around St Gervais in the French Alps are COVERED IN SNOW! ⛷☃️ Yup - me and the Pink House Husband are taking the kids skiing for the very first time, and we couldn’t be staying in a more beautiful, or more family-friendly place 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦✅. If you’ve ever thought about taking your kids skiing but were worried it would all end in tears (yup 🙋🏼‍♀️), Chalet Mirabelle could very well be the answer. I’ll be reporting from the slopes, sofa and sauna next week (I know; tough job) so you can see how we get on ⛷🛋😅
FULL DISCLAIMER: My family and I will be staying at Chalet Mirabelle as Jacqueline’s guests. Jacqueline followed me on Instagram and asked if I would be interested in staying in her brand new chalet in return for Instagram coverage and a blog post, as she thought you, my style-savvy Pink House Guests, would appreciate the place (spoiler: it’s completely gorgeous.) Even better, when Jacqueline was looking for an interiors photographer to photograph her beautiful new chalet she decided to ask The Pink House’s very own @susielowephoto out to the Chalet in the summer, so I have Susie’s beautiful interior shots to share with you, which will be interspersed by some snowy scenes when we actually arrive. I’m so excited I might cry; though it’s been 11 years since I last went skiing so let’s hope the crying isn’t as a result of a downhill race against PHH that goes badly wrong... #guest

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